Reinvention for Disruptive Times Seminar 3

Attainable Production

Thu, August 13, 1pm PT / 4pm ET

Virtual | 90 Min

Registrants will receive the Zoom link via email before the event.

 
Buy a Session Ticket ($5)
Buy a Series Pass - All Four Sessions ($15)
 

Co-Presented by Filmmakers Collaborative SF and Re-Present Media

This seminar will address the producing process with strategies for making films that are achievable during a time of disruption. We will discuss what kinds of production strategies will help your film become more likely to get made. We will emphasize how to get the most out of your funding by working strategically with film industry partners, securing non-monetary support, and finding efficiencies with AI and other resources.

Topics will include:

  • Strategizing about what makes a film “achievable.” 

  • Making sure your production process is on point through consistent feedback.

  • Budgeting in this new climate: must have versus nice to have. 

  • Pivoting if you’re not making progress on your film or need to retool your production plan due to limited resources.

  • Where and how to maximize efficiency in production, including using AI.

  • Building your production team and crew given the tight job market.

Guest Panelists:

Debbie Brubaker, Producer

Claudine Cho, Co-Founder/Filmmaker, OOF Stories

Joseph Graham, Filmmaker & Educator

Cost:

Recordings:

  • Registrants will have access to a recording for the purchased session for 7 days. The recording will be sent in a follow-up email, along with slides and downloadable resources, after the event.

  • You will also receive a recording of Session 1 for a limited time.

  • FCSF members will have continuing access to the recordings through their membership. Members can access our recordings library via the member portal on the FCSF website.

Guest Panelists:

Debbie Brubaker is a veteran producer with experience in all facets of motion picture, television, and media productions. Some of her work includes the Apple miniseries The Last Thing He Told Me, the Netflix television series, Clickbait, and Sean Penn’s directing endeavor, Flag Day. She kept busy during the pandemic with corporate videos, commercials and writing budgets for television. In 2021, she worked on the VFX unit for the Marvel movie Ant-man III, Quantumania, and the Time Studio doc Black Gold, about climate change and the oil industry. She also worked on the films Sorry to Bother You, Blue Jasmine, Winchester, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and worked on the development of I Love Boosters. Debbie enjoys working on all projects - from features to television, commercials, corporate projects, and docs. Her specialties are scheduling, budgeting, prepping for any media project, and networking the right people together with any project.

Claudine Cho is the co-founder of OOF Stories, a filmmaking collective telling stories to uplift AANHPI communities. Her filmmaking is grounded in her roots as a political organizer and speechwriter, campaigning for universal health care in rural communities across the United States. Prior to her U.S. political work, she helped establish the Museum of Sexual Slavery in South Korea, translating obituaries and testimonies of 'comfort women' who were enslaved by the Imperial Japanese Army. As a storyteller, she is most interested in exploring how the experience of grief can expand our lives.

Joseph Graham is a San Francisco-based filmmaker, writer, and educator whose work explores identity, desire, memory, performance, and human connection. His feature films Vanilla (2006), Strapped (2010), and Beautiful Something (2016) were distributed internationally and continue to reach audiences through streaming and home video platforms. In addition to directing narrative features, Graham created animated commercials for MTV and produced experimental works exhibited in galleries and underground film festivals. His artistic practice has been shaped by both film and theater, including twelve years with the Bay Area experimental theater company Kaliyuga Arts, and he has taught directing, screenwriting, performance, and film production for more than two decades, including serving as Senior Adjunct Faculty in the Film Department at California College of the Arts.

Moderators:

Jennifer Crystal Chien is a documentary filmmaker with a focus on personal storytelling from immigrants and people of color. In 2017, she co-founded Re-Present Media, a grassroots nonprofit that advocates for personal storytelling in documentary film and nonfiction media. In addition to presenting films with community dialogues by established filmmakers, Re-Present Media also offers professional development for emerging filmmakers and coordinates field-wide advocacy campaigns to support and elevate voices from communities not often seen in media. Jennifer was named a DOC NYC Documentary New Leader in 2022. Jennifer also serves as the Board President of Filmmakers Collaborative SF.

Kevin White is an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social issues. He has more than a dozen films that are in distribution, including his most recent film, Wilder than Wild: Fire, Forests and the Future, which has had 450+ community screenings and more than 850 broadcasts on PBS, plus educational distribution with Video Project. Kevin is the Co-Founder and Executive Director for Filmmakers Collaborative SF, and frequently consults with filmmakers on story approach, fundraising, and distribution. He is also on the Board of several media nonprofits.

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